Tennessee on The Porny Express!

A couple years back we got to play Memphis for the first time. And what a time it was!

Lanky, pasty-white, gimp-styled fetisishist being hauled around on a massive flatbed bike trailer sounds system being whipped by various participants was more than we had expected! Shouts of joy and delight rang out again and again, and the show had not yet even started!

We had so much fun in Memphis we vowed to return. We wondered why Nashville was so difficult. Two years later we are coming back to Memphis but we are doing more than that. For the first time ever we are hitting Nashville AND Knoxville!

So without any further postponement here is the current triad of radical Tennessee venues:

Knoxville
Sunday, Nov 24

The Birdhouse - 800 N 4th Ave

8pm, $5-10 no one turned away for lack of funds

adults only

FB invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1433062306908863/

Nashville
Sunday, Dec 1

Boheme Collectif - 919 gallatin ave

8pm, $5-10 suggested donation

adults only

FB invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1437070176516370/

Memphis
Friday, Dec 6
Five In One aka VINI - 2435 Broad Ave
9pm, $10
18+ 
FB invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/445284555572673
Get advance tickets now!

Who knows maybe another will be added along the way?

Asheville on The Porny Express

Whats got mountin hippies salivating?

A potluck and Asheville's only screening of The Porny Express!

We have seen some pretty amazing foodstuffs at our shows before. Penis and vulva shaped pastries from housing coop-ians, handmade ice cream via radical faeries, and loads of gooey frosting in Baltimore... But what delectable will gather this Saturday in Asheville? Our gastronomical clock ticks in sweet anticipation!


Saturday Nov 23rd

The Waterwheel

365 Lytle Cove Rd

8pm, potluck at 7pm

$5-10

adults only

feel the ride

illustration credit to Toshio Saeki

Bike Smut: Rarely in Raleigh

We have had a few great adventures in the Carolinas but for sure there are challenges. It took an impressive effort to find a place willing to get a little freaky in the Capitol city of NC. But now we have it all figured out and we are bringing some amazing art to this smart (in 2011 TIME ranked it 3rd in the nation in education) but stiff city.

Come show us your hard wood in the City of Oaks!

Bike Smut 7: The Porny Express in Raleigh
Sunday Nov 17th
Pitch Media Gallery
14 B Glenwood Ave
8pm
$5
Raleigh
https://www.facebook.com/events/553306014764290


in cycling its not use it or loose it... its more like use it or use it even more cause this is not something you are gonna be able to give up easy.

photo by Jack Dawes

Filmmaker Focus #6 Power Up

Today, a special treat. The creators of of one of Bike Smut's most mind bending films share their thoughts about sex, cycling and politics in film. Usually we have a sort of interview process to get the most from our filmmakers but in this case we are basically forced to reprint their words exactly as we received them. Standby for delightful head scratching fun in 3, 2, 1 

POWER UP – Starlow Prud.

We are ready to meet feminist people around the world. This is why we produce erotic films. The characters in our videos are not only lovers, they are becoming together immediately political.

Mario (human): Horses are extremely rare in my world.

Monix (bike) : Unlike me. I am totally missing in your world.

Banco (ATM) : It is not true, you are the star of Porny Express.

We took 91% of time looking for names, definitions, grammatical rules and its political damage. Monix is not a bike.

Gode : dildo in french. It is a DIY Porn Tool.

DIY Porn Tool : gode, spontaneity, chosen restraints, détournement, bouche à oreille, learning by doing and collaborative process avec les moyens dubord.

Warning ! The limit of this methodology is to be out of the random.

We heard about the Bike Smut open call in a feminist porn festival in France. This news turned us so on, that we began the project as soon as we came back in Geneva. We were so absorbed in our DIY biko-banco-porno production, that we forgot to look for the title of the open call. We discovered the Porny Express topic only when we were working on the postproduction. We are proud to be far away from the reality of things. We are proud to be Starlow.

Thanks for the crazy interview to go along with the crazy film, although this was more of a manifesto, than an interview. But who are we to define any medium? Why try to be so deterministic in our media and the manners by which we engage them? Really, shouldn't we all search for our own "Gode" at our own pace?

Either way we expect more to be encouraged to create and share their own ideas about their bikesexual freedom soon!

Richmond on the Porny Express

Back in the saddle!

we are heading down and around the south! (technically I think we have been south of the Mason-Dixon line for a few days but this is more proper south.

Its a lot of extra miles but maybe you can help us connect some more dots!

Bike Smut 7: The Porny Express - RICHMOND, VA
Thursday, Nov 14
Movie Loft
just east of 3rd and Grace

https://www.facebook.com/events/619096158154605/

DC on The Porny Express

Finally! Its taken 100s of emails and more than a few brutal bike tube flogger whuppins but we finally got a show in DC!

The nation's Capitol is going to be en fuego this Sunday!


Bike Smut 7: The Porny Express
Sunday, Nov 10
The Rocketship
1223 Decatur St NW
830 pm 
$5-10, no one turned away for lack of funds
FB Event https://www.facebook.com/events/542346902525879

THIS IS THE ONLY SCREENING OF BIKE SMUT 7 IN DC!

ONE NIGHT ONLY! DONT MISS IT

Thanks to Andy Singer

Baltimore on the Porny Express

"Get In On It" that's what the slogan of Baltimore was just a couple years back. Like the former mayor we are left wondering the same questions regardless.

"On what? ... In what? Are you coming on to me Baltimore?!?"

"Because I think I am okay with that!" 

I hope you are, but you shouldn't just be faking it. We expect this city to live up to its epic reputation.

If buying a car in Charm City can be this exciting and degrading what can you do for bikes?!?

If you answered, "add porn" then you are on the right path.

Friday, November 8th
The Parlor
800 St. Paul St
8pm
$8 suggested donation
Adults Only

FB incite: https://www.facebook.com/events/525765230843694/

BTW we think the current slogan, "Believe, is great although we wonder if they really are willing to test their faith...

Finally, Philly on The PornyExpress!

We've rode from Minneapolis to Montreal and now we are heading to Mexico!

Is your map out of date? We thought we were so reFresh

The population density is impressing upon our MMM Bikes tour.

Still we are pressing down. Down south and also down on the new hardware! A shiny new neck, a (rather dull) fork and colorful bags!

In the middle of cutting the fork we pondered how history would judge our culturally enforced genital mutilation of children.

We were able to get an updated fit on Duff #5 who is now outfitted with a tall angled neck, front rack and bags! It took a while to dial it all in but with kind-felt patience and genuine excitement for rolling bikesexual adventure. We also are thrilled to introduce the newest member of the Bike Wizard family,  Bicycle Roots co-owner Nachama, who with deft tool manipulation shared the secrets of the star fangled nut driver.

But don't try to get between her and her crown race remover!

Also we are excited about the response Bike Smut in Brooklyn, New York. No, they didn't get down the way Boston did but they did express a great deal of happiness and a zeal for the lols. They were challenged to present more better heckling and they delivered!

"They are spoken for"
"Don't worry, they are fixed"

But the winner for the best heckle of the night came right after a startlingly abrupt transition between scenes. The audience was caught off-guard, then we all heard someone yell,  

"Hey i'ts about bikes, not Segways"

sweet rapture.

But no volume of jaded hipsterizm could outlast the drive of self-empowered legs, a badass venue and good, cheap pizza in the hood. There are strange wages to living in a massive city of perpetual excitement.

PHEW! Thanks NY! Now we head south... er southwest? Philadelphia was being so coy, we thought we were gonna have to bail on her. But the city of brotherly love is ready to get down and dirty (ya know in a mature kind of childish way... with homo)

Bike Smut 7: The Porny Express
Turner Dome
181 Turner St  -  19122

Wednesday, Nov 6 

7pm

FB invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/479757502139027/

Come get Phillthy with us!

Filmmaker Focus #5 Cypress Against Me

Exciting! We have managed to actually continue to present new interviews with our Bike Smut filmmakers! This might not be a big deal to some of you casual readers but our dedicated fans know we can be pretty challenged to maintain a coherent thought! So it is with great pride that we have actually been able to keep it up!

Our 5th interview comes from Gainesville, Florida. Where long time fans of Bike Smut had heard our challenge enough times. "Make a movie, or else we may not come back!" And so we are excited to let em know we are on our way south in your swampy lands.

Half the the filmmaking duo now lives in Boston, where we are showing The Porny Express on Tuesday, Oct 29th. Click here for the details! 

Do you have a back story? An introduction to who you are? Do you like flimmaking?  Why? Have you made movies before? What were they like? 

Cori:  I suppose our back-story is that we are a bunch of queer people who have lived in the Northern Florida town of Gainesville for ranges of 1 to 9 years each.  We are collectively radical queers, former room mates, former lovers, good friends, comrades, and circus freaks.  I (Cori) moved here on a Greyhound bus when I was 17 and haven't left since.  I'm not an experienced film-maker.  The only movies I've personally made include a short about a magic box of cereal, an epic disappearing-ninja duel, a re-cap of my cat's lesbian wedding ceremony and reception, and the story of a fictitious pregnant man.

Bill:   Prior to this, I had only made chemistry videos for my undergraduate university. So when I was approached by some friends to shoot this video, of course I had to say yes. It's not everyday a future high school chemistry teacher gets to make dirty little secrets her straight laced colleagues should never find out about.

What do you think about bikes? Sex?

Why did you shoot for Bike Smut? What you hope people will gain from watching your movie? 

Cori:  We love our bikes!  My bicycle and having the privilege of riding it (especially long distances) is like an emotional release for me.  I hit the trail for a good 30+ miles once a week.  Gainesville, FL claims to be bicycle friendly, and it's trails are ever-expanding.  We wanted our movie to highlight Florida ecology and the city of Gainesville.  We hope it will inspire folks to c'mon down to Florida and bike the beautiful Hawthorne Trail.  Oh, and by the way, the first look-out on that trail makes for some good sunset romance time.

Bill:  If you don't love bikes, you should probably just go home. I moved across the country and my bike came with me. We went from riding flat prairie trails to Boston's blue mountain hills and I would never give him up. We wanted to really show off how great our home state is and show the strong connection we have with the special ecosystem we grew up alongside. We hope people will be turned on by our video and inspired to make their own queer bike porn. I mean afterall, what's porn if you're not getting turned on in one way or another!

Tell us about your movie. Why did you make such an incredible ecosexual adventure?  How did you chose the music? How were the group dynamics? 

Cori:  My initial response to a push from my community to create a film for y'all was "Hey, why the heck not, it'll be fun".  I was so right.  The group that filmed together had nothing but love and brilliant ideas and laughter.  We shared a longer trek out into the woods than is evidenced on film, including a good half hour in the sweltering mosquito-laced heat without a good sense of direction, but we made it to the cypress in good spirits anyway.  The folks in that video are super incredible, talented people that I feel so fortunate to have been close to.  The filming itself involved a conscious element of consent that is inherent in our Gainesville community.  There was frequent checking-in and reflecting on personal comfort levels between all folks involved.  The music we chose is meant to create a transition between the hustle and bustle of city life and the calmness of hitting the trail to wander off on a swampy hike.  We wanted to share some swamp blues goodness with our audience.

Bill:  I think we couldn't have found a better group of people to work with. Everyone was friendly and relaxed and it was really a pressure free zone. I think we had way more fun than we could have anticipated and I feel so grateful to have been a part. What we should have done was filmed ourselves giving each other "tick" searches.. now that's some sexy eco time.

Tell us about the process. What was it like filming outside? How about being sexual in front of the camera? How did you find people to help you make this movie? What were the biggest challenges? What would you have done differently? What about being in that slow moving water? Some people have expressed concern for the players health. Would you like to address them?

Cori:  Filming outside was a challenge due to lighting limitations and time of day.  Our helpful friend Gabe (who is, by the way, a rockin' bike mechanic here in town) lent us a GoPro camera, which attached to our handlebars for some fun motion shots past the downtown utility plant and even caught an angry driver hassling us.  Finding people to film and be filmed was the least challenging aspect.  I'd say some of us were eager to be on or behind the camera.  Having sex on camera almost seemed more of a role than a reality for me.  Though I can't speak for the entire group, I liked that there was more of a playful aspect to our sexuality that day than there might be in private.  In retrospect, I would have liked to get more actual climax shots and possibly more shots of the Hawthorne Trail and wildlife around it.  And of course a higher-res filming device.  As for the slow-moving water scene, we thank the audience for their concerns.  The actor took full responsibility for wanting to film that particular shot and as far as I am aware suffered no ailments in consequence.  The scene itself was shot quickly and I'm under the impression that it wasn't the first time the actor had immersed themselves in swampy waters.  In fact, I'd go so far as to say that doing so aroused the actor.

Bill: The process came pretty smoothly. As the "director" or camera person or whatever I was doing, it became easy to talk to the actors and try to make them feel comfortable ignoring the camera because everyone was just enjoying themselves so much. I would have to say we all were co-directing it together. We all had ideas of what we wanted to do, and it surprisingly was just very fluid. The actors had ideas of what they wanted to do, and so it made it easy to contribute advice to them on how it was coming off behind the lens (no pun intended). All I can hope is that I got good enough shots for the film and Cori did a great job editing them together and making me look like I knew what I was doing. I'm certainly a novice film maker, but I'm extremely proud of what we put together in such a short time.

What would you say to people who do not think this qualifies as porn?

Tell us a story about your community leaning about obscenity and how your community has changed.

Cori:  I'd say that they were welcome to hold that judgement as their own and that their judgement doesn't invalidate the project itself.  I'm not sure I've witnessed a radical change in my community's views on what is obscene.  I have memories dating back 9 years of watching porn with my friends during weekly "porn & pancakes* parties, hosting nude parties and nude beer-toss events.  I've noted just as many sex-positive comrades as I have naysayers through those years.  More recently, a man in town has been dancing around in hot-pants and skin-tight clothing on the corners of busy intersections and I hear onlookers and classmates claiming that even these actions are "obscene".  The outward showcase of our sex or sexuality will of course always differ from the private display of those aspects of a person, and I am incredibly thankful for those people who add to the de-shaming of sexuality by sharing their bodies and sexual experiences with us through live events and the media.  I'm also thankful to now be a contributor to that idea.

Bill: What Cori said.

Would you like to shoot for Bike Smut again? What would you tell other potential filmmakers?

Cori:  Yes!  I would love to do another film.  I'd advise other film makers to partner with people they love and respect, set boundaries and expectations early on, and give themselves lots and lots and lots of filming time to allow for the addition of last-minute concepts.

Bill: Absolutely. I think having a respectful connection with everyone you work with is important, and to just go and have fun with it. You'd be really surprised at what you can come up with and the wonderful art you can create from such a great organization inspiring you to do such a thing. I was approached by my friends having not a clue what Bike Smut was, and I have no regrets in saying yes to participating in this film.

Thanks for having us!

- Cori & Bill Nylateher

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WHEW! Well I cant say much more than we are THRILLED to share your video! It comes off as gritty, raw and absofuckinglutely genuine. The kind of honest expression of joy and liberation of your body that really encourages the audience to think, "They are enjoying themselves and having so much fun filming it! I can do that too!" which might be the highest compliment we can afford to give a filmmaker without playing favorites. 

Moreover its so neat having an Ecosexual porn in the program! Annie Sprinkle would be so proud. As we have frequently quoted her it's important to see the Earth as a lover rather than our mother. In this way we might achieve some balance in our planet just as we would expect to have equality with our lovers.

Pretty smart fucking lady, that Annie Sprinkle.

Cori & Bill, we hope you will make another for us soon!

Getting a little hot under the Collar City

For the first time ever Bike Smut visits Troy, NY! AKA Collar City due to all the shirts made there. We think we will leave some hella awesome stains all over this collar...  

So come out and get a little seedy in the C.D! (aka Capitol District)

Thursday, October 24 "Undisclosed BikeSmut Venue" for info contact Guy.dammit@gmail.com 8pm $5 - 10, no one turned away 18 or older Potluck beforehand
FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428465000709707

Troy claims to be the historical home of Uncle Sam (guess even fictitious people gotta have a home)

See how he gleams!

uncle sam, as he appeared in Transformers 4: Patriot Action

Bike Smut has used Uncle Sam to make a point about fucking bikes before. Golly its been a long time since we pulled this particular image out of this rabbit's arse.